| CLEVELAND – Today, Mayor Frank G. Jackson along with representatives from several key business, civic, labor and trade organizations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding Community Benefits and Inclusion. This historic public-private agreement will help drive investment in Cleveland in a way that creates direct benefits for local residents and businesses by increasing pre-apprentice and apprenticeship training opportunities, connecting qualified local residents with job opportunities by adopting First Source Hiring, increase utilization of minority, female and locally owned business enterprises as both prime and sub-contractors, and convening a committee to monitor progress of these efforts. “We started by asking the question – who benefits from investment in our city, in our neighborhoods and how do we make sure that everyone has the opportunity to benefit? The result is this MOU that will focus our efforts, in both the public sector and the private sector, on reaching a common goal: creating opportunities for Clevelanders and Cleveland companies to directly participate in our economic success,” said Mayor Jackson. The partner organizations are: the City of Cleveland; the Construction Employers Association, represented by Tony Panzica; Black Contractors Group, represented by Dominic Ozanne; Hispanic Roundtable represented by Jose Feliciano; Hard Hatted Women, represented by Terrie Burgess Sandu; the Urban League of Greater Cleveland represented by Marsha Mockabee, President; Greater Cleveland Partnership, represented by Joe Roman, President; Cuyahoga Community College, represented by Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton, President; the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, represented by Eric Gordon, Chief Executive Officer; and the Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, represented by Dave Wondolowski. |
| Photo credit: William Rieter |
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